Means for drawing liquid from receptacles.



I. N. CHRISTIAN. MEANS FOR DRAWING LIQUID FROM REGEPTAGLES.

APPLIGATIOH FILED SEPT. 21, 1911. 1,928,542., Patented June 4, 1912.

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MEANS FOR DRAWING LIQUID FROM RECEPTACLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June a, 1912.

Application filed September 21, 1.911. Serial No. 650,506.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FREDERICK NEWNHAM CHRISTIAN, subjectof the King of Great Britain, residing at Tatfranga, in the Dominion of New Zealand, have invented a new and useful Improved Means for Drawing Liquid from Receptacles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

This invention has been designed for use in drawing 05 motor fuel-oil from the cans in which they are contained and for emptying the contents into the tanks of the motors.

The invention consists in the combination with a funnel adapted to fit into the open ing of the tank and to rest on its edge, of a triangular support for holding the can secured upon the top of the funnel and provided with a piercer device for piercing the can so that its contents may flow into the tunnel and through it, into the tank.

In fully describing the invention, reference will be made to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a side elevation of the appliance. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a plan of the can holder. Fig. i is a plan of the funnel. Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation on an enlarged scale of the piercer attachment to the can holder.

A is the tunnel which is shaped as shown to fit over the mouth of the tank opening and with a downward extension A adapted to pass into such opening. It is also provided with the strainer B situated above the extension so as to strain the liquid passing through the tunnel.

G is the triangular support for the can. This support is arranged on the top of the funnel so that its apex extends down into it, and its side angular edges are arranged to fit into rests D formed in the top edge of the tunnel, while its back angular edge is supported by the stay E extending up from the edge of the funnel. The support is firmly fixed to the funnel by riveting or otherwise, butpreterably by means that will permit of them being taken apartwhen desired so that the tunnel strainer may be cleaned.

The support C is adapted to receive a corner of the can and to extend over its bottom and sides in such a manner as to hold the can placed within it, as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 1. The angle at which it is fixed in the funnel is such that the can of suitable dimensions will be held without any other aid.

Upon the bottom of the support is fixed the piercer device. This consists of a hollow pointed cone G arranged to project from the bottom and fixed over an opening H therein. The cone is formed with apertures J in its side, so that liquid may flow through such apertures into the cone and down through it into the funnel. It is providedwith an air aperture K arranged above the apertures J and below which a. small pipe M leads downward and out through the bottom of the support 0, its bottom end then being bent sidewise as shown.

In use the can to be emptied is placed within the support in the manner indicated and pressed down so that the cone piercer G will pass in through its end. The liquid will then flow out through the apertures J and down into the funnel, the necessary air to cause the flow being admitted through the pipe M and aperture K. In this manner the tin will be emptied of the whole of its contents without any attention. A small hole N is made in the bottom corner of the *support to permit of any liquid leaking out around the outside of the piercer, falling into the funnel.

What I do claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In means for the purpose described, a tunnel, a substantially right trihedral support fixed upon the top of the funnel and adapted to receive the corner of a can and to support the tin, and a hollow piercer projecting from the lower part of the support, adapted to enter the can and to lead its contents into the tunnel, substantially as specified.

2. In means for the purpose described, a funnel adapted to fit upon a tank opening, a. strainer across the mouth of the tunnel, a substantially right trihedral support fixed on the top of the funnel, and a hollow piercer projecting upward from an aperture in the bottom of the support formed with apertures in its side and provided with. an air admission pipe opening through its side above such apertures, substantially as here in specified.

3. In a device of the class described, a funnel having upstanding sides adapted to rest firmly upon a tank, and having an extension adapted to fit into the tank opening;

a vent aperture near the apex; and a pipe extending throughout the opening of the support to said vent aperture.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this 15 specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FREDERICK NEWNHAM CHRISTIAN.

Vitnesses E. BROOKE-SMITH, E. F. COURTNEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, \Vashington, D. G. 

